EXHIBIT 99.1

                            FLEMING COMPLETES SALE OF

                 $260 MILLION 10-YEAR SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES

DALLAS, TEXAS, APRIL 15, 2002 - Fleming Companies, Inc. (NYSE: FLM) today
announced that it has completed the sale of $260 million of Senior Subordinated
Notes due May 1, 2012. The notes were sold with a 9-7/8% coupon at a price at
issue of 98.436% to yield 10-1/8%. The net proceeds of the offering will be used
to redeem Fleming's currently outstanding $250 million 10-1/2% senior
subordinated notes due 2004. Fleming issued a formal Notice of Redemption for
the 2004 notes today.

The Senior Subordinated Notes will not be, and have not been, registered under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and unless so registered, may not be
offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities
laws. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the Senior
Subordinated Notes in any state in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would
be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of
any such state.

Forward-Looking Statements

This release includes forward-looking statements that depend on future events
for their accuracy, or rely upon projections and assumptions that may prove to
be inaccurate. These forward-looking statements and the company's business and
prospects are subject to a number of factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially, including: the ability to obtain capital or obtain it on
acceptable terms; adverse effects of the changing industry environment and
increased competition; adverse effects of Kmart Corporation's recent bankruptcy
filing; negative effects of the company's substantial indebtedness and the
limitations imposed by restrictive covenants contained in the company's debt
instruments; general economic conditions; and disruptions in labor relations
with union bargaining units. These and other risk factors are described in the
company's Securities and Exchange Commission reports, including but not limited
to the 10-K Report for the 2001 fiscal year. The company undertakes no
obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect developments or
information obtained after the date of this release.